Chapter 5: Hands Held High: The Flower Power Alliance
A/N: So, I have come to a conclusion that not everyone will love me for continuing this story for so many reasons, 1) The eliminations, 2) The plot, 3) Character pairing, 4) The future violence…yes I said it Warning SPOILER: Something's bound to happen later in the story…just want you all to get a heads up. I hope for those of you that have character's in this story do not get mad at me or rather haven't gotten mad at me for eliminating you're character and hopefully tune in for the future chapters…yes I have more along the way…the reason why I said for you all to stay tuned if you get eliminated is because I have a really rewarding treat for all most of my loyal contestants ok, so please just continue reading…you're reward will appear when the time comes…Also this chapter is a must, I was going to go with someone else's POV, but this was a HAVE to put in…
Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush, Sandy scared me in "Big Time Beach Party", just wanted to throw that in the disclaimer…I also do not own the wonderful O/C's in this story, they respectfully belong to their creators…sounds evil saying it like that "Creator's"
*Evil lighting background*. Also, before I continue…Patchy the Pirate with Logan and Carlos…epic win…that is all…
No I aint going home cause I wanna stay, But I won't be alone no how no way, Now I showed you what I'm made of made of, This is what'll happen if you ain't giving your girl what she needs Leave you Move on, To a perfect stranger, You talk I walk, Wanna feel the danger, See me with him and its turning you on it's got me saying, Ain't getting me back at the end of this song
Get Outta My Way-Kylie Minogue
Camille's POV:
*During Ceremony*
"Camille, can we talk…" I turned to Sophia who looked like she was battling against her tears…I wanted to talk to her right then and there, but I had to wait till after the ceremony.
I grabbed her hand, practically holding her hand for comfort.
We turned to hear the stamp voiding Scarlett R.'s check and heard Kimberly speak up, "Oh and Logan, you could have just asked that you wanted to kiss me." I was standing right next to Wayne-Wayne, who was talking to Jett.
"The nerve of the kid…he thinks just because he's on television that he's going to get recognized by toying with the girls…" I knew that Wayne-Wayne was just blabbering about Logan because he practically hated Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos altogether.
The ceremony ended and Sophia pulled me away to finally get the chance to talk to me in private.
"Camille…" I knew what she was going to say and ask, "It's ok to cry you know…" she immediately fell to my shoulders and started sniffling.
My guess was that she was liking Logan, this did upset me because I do have feelings for the boy, but at the same time he had said it himself "to try to meet other people" I never knew what he actually meant by that.
Seeing Kimberly and Logan practically make out in front of us had to have taken a toll on her…so did I, I just had to be the more reasonable one.
"How could that girl be so vile?" Sophia said, she was grasping on to my shirt really tight, I could feel the material shrink every time she would speak.
"I…don't know what to exactly tell you Sophia, I was as shocked as you were seeing Kimberly and Logan…." I didn't want to continue, I did not want to mess around a fresh womb that was made moments ago.
I started hearing arguments from where we were standing, "Move Jett." It sounded like Logan, I turned to have been too late, and Logan was on the floor being punched several times by Wayne-Wayne.
Logan was fighting back none the less, but then Jett grabbed both of his arms from where he was lying on the ground and was left vulnerable.
I saw that he was budging to kick to try to fight them off, "Sophia!" I heard Logan yell out loud, before I heard another noise that sounded like a punch.
"Logan! Stop! Wayne-Wayne, you're going to kill him!" I ran to Wayne-Wayne and tried to pull his arms away, but I fell to the ground as I was easily shoved to the side.
I got up and then saw James charge straight for Wayne-Wayne, and then Wayne-Wayne was flying to the side of the boardwalk being hit with what look like raging blows to the face.
"You ok Logie?" Carlos said picking up his best friend, who was now covered in what looked like blood from his nose.
"I'm fine Carlos." I must have missed out on the event because Kendall was wrestling with Jett.
Logan walked up to James in a hurry, "James, let him go, you can get kicked out of the house…" James stopped his blows and got up.
"If I ever see you try to lay a finger on Logan, I'll make sure you leave the house in a body bag, even if I get kicked out the next time…" James shirt had some blood spots on it, Wayne-Wayne got up and ran inside.
I was still on the ground Logan was being hit on, I hadn't bothered to move since the scene had just happened, and I turned to Sophia who was frozen in fear of what just happened.
"Sophia, are you ok?" I turned to see Logan trying to shake Sophia; she looked like she was witnessing a crime scene all in one go.
"You ok Camille?" I saw James give me his hand, I just stared at it and grabbed his hand and got up from the ground I was in.
"Yeah, I'm fine…why do you ask?" Don't get me wrong I was glad he had asked what was wrong with me; I just was expecting it from someone else.
"I ask because Wayne-Wayne pushed you two the ground." He smiled and rubbed his head, which was weird because I would expect that from Logan…
"Oh, um…James, will you excuse me, I have to go…" I was about to run inside the house, go and get hopefully comforted by Jo, but instead I was held back, not by restraint, but by voice.
"Camille, don't go…I have to talk to you…both." I turned and saw that Logan had placed his arm around Sophia and looking straight at me.
I wanted to leave, but I knew that not giving him the benefit of the doubt would affect me later on in the competition.
I just let my legs carry me to where Sophia and Logan were sitting by the floor... "What is it Logan?" I hadn't noticed but my voice sounded so cold as if I just didn't want to hear Logan at all.
"You guys, I wanted to tell you before the elimination, but it was sort of late…" Logan got up and gave his hand to Sophia and led her to the winner's bench.
"Logan, you don't have to explain anything really…" I turned around to see that James, Carlos, and Kendall were just standing there watching as Sophia and I heard what Logan had to say about earlier.
"I really…really didn't mean to hurt the both of you, I had made a deal with Kimberly that if she was able to give me a kiss in the cheek, she would have let Scarlett R. stay, but then she forced me to…." I watched as Logan shuttered and waved his hands in disgust as he remembered the events that were going on earlier.
Sophia giggled, a little, I didn't…it's like I was just in a trance all I could think about was Logan, not about how he kissed Kimberly, that I could really care less, but rather….the relationships going on in the house.
Jo and I were talking about it the first night that we tried to get a room with Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan…when we saw that the new girls had already moved in.
Of course, Jo was trying to avoid Jett, but then she realized that maybe her relationship with Kendall wasn't as strong as she had intended…
I strongly believed that Logan would be at least happy that I was in the house, here in Mexico with them.
It hit me like a ton of bricks, and so did Jo, that the guys that we had feelings for were actually seeing other girls…well I wasn't quite sure about Kendall, but the way Sophia had made it, she made it sound like she was drawn to Logan…
I didn't want to take that away from Sophia, not like this, I went through that road with Logan, I just didn't take my advantages, and I let them slip away…
Stephanie on the other hand, she had a thing for Carlos, but she played it off, especially for this game.
Flashback
*First Night*
"So, you girls think that the boys will try to bring us down in the upcoming challenges?" I had passed down some strawberries to Stephanie.
We were in the room alone our roommates left to go hang out in the kitchen.
"I don't think Kendall would do that to me…would he?" Jo said wondering.
"Relax, unless Jett tries to make a move on you, then I don't think anything would happen." Stephanie said taking a bite of the strawberry she had picked out.
"Knowing Jett, he would try to get Kendall angry…that's just the way it is with him." I turned to Jo and a question popped up.
"Do you think that by having Jett and Kendall in this competition it might ruin your chances of winning?" Jo shook her head giving that she said "No"
For a while since I had come by to Mexico I had questioned if Logan and I would have gotten back together by the end of all this.
Jo and Stephanie were rambling on about how "cute" Carlos is and what not… "You guys think that Logan still has feelings for me?" I couldn't help but asking, one thing for sure, I did mess up pretty horribly with James…it was a bomb after all…
I saw that Jo and Stephanie looked at each other with worried eyes, "Camille…you promised that you were going to help us win this competition, not fall in love all over again…" Stephanie said crossing her arms.
"I know, I just didn't expect for Logan to be in the same competition…" Jo hugged me, "Look Camille I know how you feel, I also didn't expect to come over to Mexico and then bump into my boyfriend and Jett at the same time…" Stephanie's face went from a "are you serious" face to a "oh yeah" face.
"The same with Carlos, look the three of us have to not let our emotions get in the way…at least during the competitions and the challenges in-between." I couldn't help but nod, Stephanie was right, we did choose to do this competition for reasons….not to lose and go home after all we sacrificed to get here….
"So, that settles it…from now on we don't let the emotions of boys get in our way of winning." We placed our hands together and smiled.
*End Flashback*
I wasn't paying much attention to Logan's apology, I was busy thinking about what Stephanie, Jo, and I promised the first night.
"So Camille…you ok?" I turned to Logan, I saw that Sophia wasn't crying, but laughing…I wasn't sure what was going on…
"Sure…hay Logan I have to go…" I got up from the bench and just walked back into the house.
As I was leaving I heard a "Wait…Camille" I didn't turn I just picked up my pace…
I walked passed by Wayne-Wayne and Jett, who were both sitting on the couch angry and holding some ice in a bag to prevent swelling I believe.
I got to my room and closed the door shut, the banging of the door was heard from across the mansion.
"Camille what's wrong?" I turned to see Stephanie and Jo sitting there.
"You need to control your cast mate…" I had my eyes directed to Jo; she looked at me like if I was some weird experiment gone wrong.
"What are you talking about Camille?" I hadn't noticed that I was crying…lately I hadn't noticed anything I was using my actions for…
"Jett and Wayne-Wayne tried to fight Logan." I was trying not to cry, I was trying to tell myself that this competition was for me and my friends to win and come home with the money, but I couldn't help replaying the incident from earlier today.
"He did what?" Stephanie and Jo both said synchronized, I saw that Jo had gotten up and started heading to the door, "Wait! Don't…please…" something in my gut told me that Jo yelling at Jett right now was not the good time.
"Look Camille, I'm sorry on Jett's behalf, I didn't expect for him to do that to Logan." I finally seized my hard breathing and started forming better words.
"No, forget it…Stephanie you are right…this is about us winning this, I can't let my emotions get the better of me…" Stephanie didn't know what I was talking about until she had to think about it.
"Are you upset of what Kimberly said about Logan kissing her?" that opened up fresh new wombs I had sort of forgotten about that incident until Stephanie had brought it up.
"No, not really, well yes, but…I don't know…." I was confused on what I was feeling for Logan, something told me that I cared deeply for him, something else told me to let go of him while I was in this house.
"We'll help you through this Camille." Jo and Stephanie both gave me a hug and I wiped away the tears.
"Listen, you guys, I understand you both mean well…but I think it would be best if Logan and I were to just focus on the grand prize…" Jo and Stephanie looked at me wondering what could possibly convince me to just give up on Logan so easily…to tell you the truth…I couldn't…but it was for the best.
I took a deep breath, "So, what's on tomorrow's agenda?" I wanted to really change the subject, from the looks of it Stephanie was lost, but Jo knew me better than anyone that I just wanted to move away from that topic.
"Well, there's word going around that alliances are being made already…" Jo said enthusiastically.
Then Stephanie snapped out of her trance and snapped her fingers, "Oh, how bout we try to get people into our alliance?" I had to admit, this topic was interesting to think about.
"So, it's me, you, and Stephanie?" I said not so interested in the topic.
"Doesn't have to be…" Jo said with a grin.
"The only girl we know right now that goes with us to the Palm Woods is….no…No way we are not asking her!" I knew who they were talking about…I just didn't want to get involved with her.
"Come on Camille, I don't want to ask Mercedes either, but we have to start forming alliances…and we get rid of other people fast at this rate…" Jo made some good points, but after Logan….had told me about Mercedes forcing him upon his will to be her boyfriend, I was all not up for talking to Mercedes.
"Yeah Camille, I don't like her either, but look at it this way…she could serve us as a sacrifice…" I looked at Stephanie weird.
"I meant like in a good way, listen, let's say they do end up getting rid of the Jennifer's and Kimberly, Jett, no offense Jo…" Stephanie gave an apologetic look to Jo "None taken Stephanie" Jo said trying to let Stephanie finish.
"And Wayne-Wayne…we are their next target Camille…that way we could…throw Mercedes under the bus…" I smiled, Stephanie knew how to play this game sneaky, and the best part was that no one knew about our alliance…yet.
"Ok, ok, but who's going to tell her?" I already had glances looking at my directions, "Guys come on…that's not fair!" Jo and Stephanie smiled and got closer.
"All you have to do is try to convince Mercedes to join our alliance…after we get Mercedes with us, we'll try to get other girls into our alliance ok?" I nodded, me talking to Mercedes was not part of the plan, but I guess I must sacrifice myself AGAIN, "Wait, that's not fair I gave up my spot in Kendall's prank war so that the girls could have a lead, and that didn't turn up as well as I had thought." Jo smiled.
"True, but this is different…" I had no other choice, "Fine…I'll be back…" I got up from the bed and walked out of the room.
I saw the other girls circling around Kendall, James, Carlos, and…Logan…I saw that Logan looked up and spotted me.
I quickly tipped my head to the floor and then moved my head to the side trying to find Mercedes.
"Move it!" I fell to the ground, and the loud living room was not so loud anymore.
"OWE!" I saw that Mercedes had walked passed me.
I saw that Logan was watching our every movement; I quickly grabbed Mercedes and dragged her into a closet.
"Hay! Stop it! I'm going to tell my daddy that you have kidnapped me and you will…." I covered her mouth maybe that would shut her up.
"Mercedes, be quiet…I need to talk to you in private…" Mercedes rolled her eyes.
"If I remove my hand you have to promise me that you will have to be quiet ok?" Mercedes crossed her arms and waited for me to take my hands away from her mouth.
"What!" I knew this was going to take up the whole evening to convince her.
"Can I ask you a question?" Mercedes eyes went from frustrated and annoyed to a sudden interested look.
"Shoot." I was glad she was at least letting me talk to her.
"How many people do you know that will save you if you go into the box?" Mercedes eyes grew a bit wider then she crossed her arms again.
"Look, I can do fine in this game by myself ok!" I knew she was going to be persistent; I just had to place the offer on the table.
"Not necessarily Mercedes…picture this…half the house is gone…it's round up to 10 maybe less players…and yes you are miraculously still here…" she tried to picture it in her mind.
"Ok, go on…" I knew she would try to put herself into the situation… "You are voted into the box and Jo, Stephanie, or even I are Paymaster…who would you think would save you then?" Mercedes finally got the hint.
"Ok I get what you are saying Camille." I breathed a sigh of relief and finally came to the question I was hoping for her to answer.
"So, do you want to be in an alliance with Jo, Stephanie and I?" Mercedes smiled, "Sure, but I heard that we are not the only alliance." I smiled and grabbed her by the arms.
"Leave that to us…" this was great, Mercedes was going to be our scapegoat, more like a puppet, I felt awful for using her like this, but I would like to call it karma for what I heard with her and…Logan.
As we opened the closet door we saw Logan with his hands into fist, he looked like he was trying to knock.
"Logan…you scared me…I mean us…" I must have looked like a moron, because Mercedes smiled and just stood there.
"Why were you two locked in there?" Mercedes shoved me a bit to the side.
"Do you want me to lock you up in there with me Logie?" I must have turned red, "Um…forget it…" Logan walked back to his group and just sat there watching the floor.
I felt bad about not telling him, but it was part of our plan.
"Come on; take me to your leader…" I let out a loud laugh and the group Logan was in all turned to see what I was laughing about.
"Oh, sorry…" I was still laughing, "What's so funny?" Mercedes was still trying to be mean, but I knew that she was just putting on her character in front of the others.
We walked into the room and Jo and Stephanie looked at me willingly, "Well?" Mercedes asked.
"So…you want to form an alliance?" Jo said, it was the most awkward conversation I had ever witnessed, but in the end we knew that Mercedes was on our side.
"What do we do now?" Mercedes asked, I was glad we had formed a bigger alliance with Mercedes.
"Well, let's try to get some rest for tomorrow ok?" Mercedes rolled her eyes, "Wait, we HAVE to go to sleep early?" I giggled, not as easy as it seems huh Jo?
"Well yeah, if you want to be ready for the next challenge tomorrow." Mercedes rolled her eyes again; I was getting annoyed by that.
"Fine." I was really tired after I had cried my eyes felt heavy, I had to shower and sleep, but it was impossible, I felt like I had been carrying a huge boulder all day.
"Camille, wake up…" I heard Mercedes voice, I didn't want to get up; it felt weird like if it wasn't even time to get up.
I brushed my hand on Mercedes face, "Go away…too tired." I heard Jo and Stephanie moving something and then I felt the ground in no time.
"I'M UP! WHAT!" I yelled frustrated, "Sorry Camille, but we have to get ready…" Jo said apologetically.
"Ready! Ready for what?" I brushed my hair to the back.
"It's already 4 in the afternoon…um…the boys asked where you were all day, but we just said that you were in the room asleep." I looked at the clock, Jo was not bluffing…I fell asleep the whole day.
I groaned and got up from the floor, "Thanks for letting me sleep all day Jo, Steph, and Mercedes…" saying thank you to Mercedes was foreign to me.
"I'm going to go get a quick shower and get ready…" Jo grabbed my shoulders.
"Not that way…I think you should use the Jennifer's and Kimberly's bathroom, no one is there…I checked." Jo smiled and I felt like not even asking why she was making go to another bathroom.
"Ok…" I grabbed my stuff and headed into Kimberly's and the Jennifer's room. "Wow, why did we get the smaller rooms?" I hadn't realized that someone was behind me; I thought I was here on my own.
"It's big isn't it?" I turned in shock, "James, what are you doing in here?" James got closer and had his hands behind his back.
"Camille, were you really asleep the whole day?" I raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, I did, in fact I was about to go and get ready barely." James smirked and got even closer.
I hadn't noticed that I was moving more and more back.
"Listen, Camille, I'm sorry that I probably scared you the other night when I was moody." Did James think I was afraid of him after he almost ruining Wayne-Wayne's face?
I figured that he shouldn't know the reason why I was upset the other night, but I felt as if I should stay a bit closer to James…
"It's ok, I got over it…at first I wasn't sure what to think, but then I figured that Lo…Logan is your best friend and well, if it was a situation between Jo and Kimberly, I would have done the same thing to protect my best friend…" I felt like the worst person in the world, James was here wondering what was wrong with me and then I lied right in front of him.
"Yeah, that's true." It was an awkward moment from here on out, every few seconds he would move his arms and I would scratch my throat.
"Hey listen James, thanks, you know for helping Logan out yesterday…and thanks for asking if I was fine." James smiled and then he turned to the mirror.
I rolled my eyes; I knew the sensitive James wasn't going to last, "Well, I have to get ready for the day…" I walked past him and had my hands grasping on the door knob.
"Hay…um…Camille…" I turned and saw that James was looking at the ground now.
"Yeah James?" he looked away and then he looked up at the ceiling. "Never mind…" I looked at him funny, but then I accepted that whatever he was going to tell me, he must have decided against it for a reason…
I walked into the bathroom and closed the door, for once I felt a bit better, but like I had told Stephanie and Jo, I was going to focus on this game and not let my feelings for Logan get to me.
Jo's POV:
The three of us; Stephanie, Mercedes, and myself, decided to wait for Camille to take her shower and get ready for whatever crazy challenge that Richard had in stored for us today.
"Hay, girls…I have a name for our alliance…" Mercedes said eagerly.
"What is it?" I hadn't really paid much attention to naming our alliance; we were going to turn on Mercedes eventually.
"How about since we are all girls in this alliance, how about… "The Flower Power Alliance"?" I raised my eyebrows.
"The Flower Power Alliance" wasn't such a bad name, in fact it sounded innocent.
"I like it." Stephanie said breaking the silence.
"Yeah, so do I, let's tell Camille when she comes back…" Mercedes wasn't her usual bossy self which was a really good thing; in fact, I think since she had joined our alliance she has been more not like herself.
"There's one thing though…" I heard Camille come in the door.
"Hay, you are done…" was all I said.
"Yeah, listen, no one knows that we are an alliance at all…well it will be obvious that Jo, Stephanie, and I will be in an alliance, but Mercedes you have try to pretend that you are not in any group ok?" Mercedes had a confused face on.
"Listen, if we all hide the fact that we are friends with Mercedes…then we could have Mercedes sabotage the other people in the house…" I smiled, I was glad that I had an alliance now, in fact I felt more confident than I already was when I entered the house with Stephanie and Camille.
"Smart, but what if they put two and two together?" Mercedes said, for once Mercedes was giving out compliments rather than giving herself the compliments.
"Well, then we have to have drastic measures…huddle up…" the group huddled in and then we tried to listen to what Camille had to say, I had to admit that maybe Logan's smarts were rubbing on Camille today and Mercedes.
It has been thirty minutes past since the discussion with "The Flower Power Alliance" and we had a back-up plan just in case that suspicion was on the rise, thanks to Camille.
We were still in the room, bored waiting for the day to start, when we screamed as we heard the intercom go off in our room, "My goodness, RICHARD YOU ARE GOING TO KILL US EVERYTIME YOU DO THAT!" Camille said angry, I laughed at how we all just jumped and screamed.
"Money Lover's come on by the living room to read on about your challenge today." I knew that the time for us to find out our new challenge would come, and I looked at Camille, Mercedes, and Stephanie.
We all nodded and walked past the door, I smiled as Mercedes walked a different direction, our alliance will stay strong…I only hope.
We all got there, except we got there a minute later, we didn't want to wait for someone to pick up the note and see Camille break down seeing Logan.
We were shocked as Camille got the letter and started reading, "Good morning Money Lover's" Camille paused for a minute, "I really wished he stop calling us that…" Stephanie and I giggled and so did the other girls.
Camille started reading the letter again, "Yesterday you all have witnessed another double elimination, and well I would more than gladly like to inform all of you that today is just another ordinary day of elimination. As you might have figured out, these notes have had a hidden meaning to the challenges, well I hope I hadn't raised any suspicion, but you are correct…prepare for today's challenge, the van's will be here in five minutes, also I would like to inform all of you that from here on out…things will change and you all will have to be forced to work together…" this must have been one of the longest notes to read, Richard had mentioned about a secret in the note that would help us out figure out more less what the challenge was.
"Camille, may I see that note?" I forgot that nobody had left yet.
"Sure, here." I read the letter again and saw the bolded word "raised", maybe that was the hidden meaning.
I had never really paid attention to the notes, I just accepted the challenge.
Everyone left, minus Logan, "May I see that for a second?" I gave him the note, "Sure…" Logan read the note just like I did a second time, then he sort of half smiled and then paused at Camille, who was talking to Stephanie.
"Uh, thanks Jo…" he walked back to his room and then I grabbed Stephanie, Camille, and Mercedes who had just came back after seeing Logan leave.
"Wait what's going on?" Camille asked, "I'll explain in the room." We walked into the room and I locked it.
"Don't you get what just happened?" the girls just looked puzzled and shook their heads.
"Logan knows about the hidden message…" I saw Camille take in a deep breath, and then she looked up.
"What makes you say that?" I finally gave Camille the note and pointed at the bolded text.
"It says "raised" what about it?" I couldn't believe she hadn't caught on.
"The challenge has to deal with raising…something…I think." Mercedes got closer, "So, why not try to practice on our hands or our feet or whatever "raising" means?" she made air quotations with her finger's as she said raising.
"You sure that's what Richard was referring to?" Stephanie sounded doubtful, but I wasn't I had a feeling that I was right.
"Definitely, so let's just do what Mercedes had mentioned." I had an even more confidence now, we had a secret alliance, then we had hopefully figured out the hidden message on the note, and we were hopefully going to be safe for more challenges to come.
I heard half the house outside our room; I peeked out and saw that everyone was heading for the vans outside.
"Come on, let's go." The four of us got on the van that Kimberly and the Jennifer's, Jett, and Wayne-Wayne went on.
We didn't say anything on the way to the challenge; we had to keep it in the down low.
Kimberly gave Camille a glare, I broke the silence, "You have a crush on my friend or what?" Kimberly smirked and turned to the Jennifer's.
I was not afraid to get off the van and hurt her after what had happened with Logan and Camille.
"Jo, stop…its ok." Camille said in monotone.
I knew Camille didn't like trouble, she tried to avoid it sometimes, but this was not the case, this girl was playing with her emotions.
The van came to a stop and we all got off the van, I stared at the crowd, it was definitely smaller since we had come to Mexico.
We saw I believe were twenty-one pillars and on top there was a flat surface supporting some grey bowls.
"Welcome Money Lover's, today you all will fight once again to become Paymaster. As you all know the dead last loser must go into "The Strong Box" and then well you all know the rest. The pillars you all see here is your new challenge. I like to call this challenge "Hands Held High" in this challenge; you all will wear these gloves." Richard pointed out to huge yellow gloves that were attached to a string.
"Whoa, those are huge!" Carlos said shocked.
"These yellow gloves are attached to a string, those strings are holding up that grey bowl that is on top of all twenty-one pillars, the rule of this challenge is to just keep your hands up the longest, simple right? Well not really, there is a catch, if your hand comes down then your hand pulls the string, thus knocking over the bowl that has powder. This challenge is plainly self-explanatory, all you have to do is keep your hands up is all." Everyone agreed.
"Oh and one more thing…invincibility goes out to Logan Mitchell for getting the most votes." I turned and saw that James, Kendall, and Carlos patted him on the back and he fought a smile. I also saw that Wayne-Wayne and Jett rolled their eyes in frustration.
"If there are no more question's then please take any position on the pillar's and put on the gloves and raise your hands when I blow the whistle." We all walked up to the very end and the order was from right to left; Camille, Stephanie, Me, Mercedes, Kimberly, Jennifer 2, Jennifer 1, Wayne-Wayne (Wayne-Wayne had a black eye), Jett, Memory, Roy, Kate, James, Kendall, Hayden, Carlos, Megan, Logan, Karina, Sophia, and Amanda.
"Ok, as the whistle is heard you all must raise your hands and keep them up, the last one standing will be Paymaster ok? Ready, Go!" we heard the whistle and our hands all rose at once.
"This challenge is easy." Wayne-Wayne had started talking as soon as Richard gave us the ok to raise our hands.
"Looks like you guys have to suck up to me, because this challenge is in the bag." Wayne-Wayne wouldn't be quiet.
"You know, you all can start telling me why I should save you all…" I rolled my eyes and then everyone shouted in unison, "SHUT UP!" I turned to my alliance and turns out we started a chain of laughter after we all told Wayne-Wayne to be quiet.
"Whatever you all just hate…" this was going to be a long challenge hearing Wayne-Wayne talk.
I had to admit, this challenge was easy, but I had noticed that in due time our hands would get tired and give in on their own…I didn't want to get filled with powder, so I knew that would be my motivation to win this challenge and become Paymaster.
We heard a loud sound that sounded like someone dropped a pan, and then we heard someone squeal. "Stephanie, you are the first person to get dunked on with powder, please wait for the rest to finish." I saw that Carlos was shocked that Stephanie got out first.
"Sorry Guys." I knew that Stephanie was addressing "The Flower Power Alliance.
Some time had passed since Sophia had gotten out, then I heard Jett yell out, "Awe man, this shirt was brand new!" then Richard interrupted.
"Jett, you are the second person to get dunked with powder, please join Sophia and wait for the rest to finish." Jett scrubbed off the powder and walked towards Richard.
Another bowl was dropped, "Amanda, you are the third person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the others to finish." The time was passing and then another bowl dropped.
"Megan, you are the fourth person to get dunked by powder, come and join the others and wait for the others to finish." I was glad that my arm was not getting tired yet.
Another bowl was heard, "Mercedes, you are the fifth person to get dunked on by powder, come join the others and wait for the others to finish." Great, well there went that plan to help Mercedes.
Five were out and sixteen remained, another bowl was heard, "Karina, you are the sixth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the others to finish." Did I say sixteen, I meant fifteen.
I heard a girl shriek and then I heard Richard call out, "Sophia, you are the seventh person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." There were fourteen left and I was glad I was not tired at all.
Another girl shrieked, "Jennifer 2, you are the eighth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." Jennifer 2 was weak, I could tell, but at the same time, something came to me, what if she was throwing the challenges on her own, I had to find out what was going on…
Two girly shrieks came from the left direction, "Kate, you are the ninth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." Then Richard spoke again, "Memory, you are the tenth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." Well that was sort of easy, that left eleven.
I heard a boys yell this time, "RICHARD THIS BETTER NOT MESS UP MY COMPLEXTION AND MY HAIR!" Richard just smiled, "James, you are the eleventh person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." I was smiling because James was always the one to worry about his looks, since the first challenge we were hear he would complain about his face, rather of him going home.
"Awe…I really hate this part…" then I heard Logan groan, "Logan, you are the twelfth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." Logan walked back with Sophia, who was already out.
I turned to Camille, she had her eyes close, I really wanted to give up the challenge, but the ones remaining were from right to left; Camille, Me, Kimberly, Jennifer 1, Wayne-Wayne, Jett, Roy, Kendall, Hayden, and Carlos.
It looked bad, Kendall was trying to hold his arm with as much restraint as possible, as Hayden was just acting like the challenge barely started, Camille was still in her regular position, and she never moved an inch and I could tell that she didn't want to.
Carlos was gazing at the clouds; he would gaze back at Megan and at Stephanie. Kimberly and Jennifer 1 were talking about their spending of the winnings, that I was annoyed about.
Wayne-Wayne and Jett were just looking at the others still standing and they kept on holding their hands up in the air.
When I turned to Roy I heard the same noise as the past loses, "Roy you are the thirteenth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish.
Roy gave me a stare as he passed by me, a stare that look like it meant like for me to win this. I was utterly confused, I had thought Roy was on the same team as Kendall, Logan, Carlos, and James…or maybe he was just passing by was all and I might be just taking it all the wrong way.
"Carlos, you are the fourteenth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." I hadn't noticed that Carlos had placed his hand down.
I saw that Kimberly was staring straight at Camille, her hands would not turn the other direction, I just kept a steady look…if she laid an eye on me, she'll know…
"Hayden, you are the fifteenth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." I was glad that the competition was diminishing.
"Six people remaining…. We have from left to right; Camille, Jo, Jennifer 1, Wayne-Wayne, and Kendall." Richard gave us the final states, I was glad that Camille was pulling through, but I was afraid of Jennifer 1 and Kimberly or even Wayne-Wayne to win, I was happy that Kendall was still in.
"Give up Kendall; you know that the Paymaster is going to be me!" Wayne-Wayne was spitting out anger as he saw Kendall squirm on trying to keep his hands up.
Then I turned as I heard Kimberly and Jennifer 1 talk, my guess was to Camille, "Geez, Kimberly was Logan a good kisser?" "Jennifer I tell you I was glad we made that deal yesterday." I saw Camille shut her eyes even more, then I heard her count, "One, Two, Three…"
I had it up to here with Kimberly and Jennifer 1, "I take it it's your first kiss Kimberly?" everyone that was out turned to my conversation with Kimberly and Jennifer 1, I was not going to let Kimberly get the better of Camille.
"I mean, you did practically force Logan to kiss you…oh yeah I saw what happened yesterday…" I turned to Camille who was focusing so hard on winning.
"Sorry, for not telling you." I made sure that I was not directing my attention to Camille, she had told me to not make a fuss when Logan was there.
I saw that she stopped counting, then the sound of the bowl was hear, "Kendall, you are the sixteenth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." I saw that Wayne-Wayne was laughing up a storm and Kendall just walked passed him angry.
"Only one boy and three girls." Richard was keeping updates on who was in.
I was shocked that I lasted for a while now. I saw that Camille had her eyes open, "We can do this Camille." I knew in my heart that Camille was not going to give in easily.
"This stuff is gross!" Wayne-Wayne complained, "Wayne-Wayne, you are the seventeenth person to get dunked by powder, come join the others and wait for the rest to finish." There were no more boys, the girls ruled this challenge, but it was hard to keep up.
I kept telling myself that I wasn't going to give in, at least until it was Camille and I the last girls standing.
"You know, eventually when you go home Camille, Logan will be mine, all I have to do is play innocent…just like I did with him yesterday." I saw Camille drop the yellow glove and the powder sprayed all on the ground missing her, Camille charged straight at Kimberly.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" The camera crew caught up to Camille and pulled her away, "You best not get involved with me, I will not hesitate to leave the house after beating you in two!" Camille was kicking; I was shocked at how Camille was letting Kimberly get to her.
"Jo, please…" Camille shot me a sad look, now I knew that I was not going to let them get to me like they did to Camille earlier.
"One down, one more to go!" Jennifer 1 and Kimberly sang in tune.
"Don't think I haven't thought about Kendall." Kimberly said whispering to me, I breathed in and out, and then I just smiled.
"Looks like you are going to have competition then, and I'm not talking about just me Kimberly, I'm talking about Hayden, Amanda, or Memory." I smiled at her.
"No big deal, I know what is in store for those girls, and the rest…if only you all knew our secret plan." I shot a shocked face, then a heard the bowl drop.
"Jennifer 1, you are the nineteenth person, and Camille was the eighteenth person to get dunked by powder, come on back and wait for Kimberly or Jo to finish this." When I heard that Jennifer 1 had gotten eliminated I was all in satisfaction, I was not going to let Kimberly win again.
"Girls you two have been up there for forty-five minutes." I couldn't believe that was how long we were up there.
I felt my arm go down, "Ugh!" I grunted as my hand fell and all the powder fell on me.
"Jo, you are the twentieth person to get dunked by powder, that means for the second time Kimberly is our Paymaster." I whipped my hand on my eyes to clear my vision.
I ran up to Stephanie and hugged her, "I'm sorry…so, so sorry!" I knew that no matter what had happened tonight, Stephanie would be in pins and needles.
Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos all stared as Camille grouped up with us and we just stood there hugging each other, this could be the last time we would see Stephanie.
"Congratulations Kimberly for your second win, and as for Stephanie, you are the dead last person, which means you automatically go into the "Strong Box".
"Head on back to the mansion and meet up in the vault." I continued hugging Stephanie, I had to do something.
We all had gotten back to the house; we knew the vault would not be pretty.
"Ok, welcome to your third vault meeting, your time starts….Now." Richard turned the hourglass and we knew that we had to cast a vote.
"Logan is safe, so no votes go to him." I said sad.
"Who wants Camille in the box?" Only Jennifer 1 and 2 raised their hand, it was good that their vote would never be considered, but still, Kimberly was a really tuff competitor.
"Who wants me to go in the box?" I only saw Jennifer 1 and 2 raised their hand again.
"Who wants Mercedes in the box?" no one rose their hands; luckily Mercedes knew how to keep it on the down low.
"Who wants Jennifer 2 in the box?" Everyone minus Jett and Wayne-Wayne raised their hands for her.
"Who wants Jennifer 1 in the box?" Again everyone raised their hands for her as well.
"Wayne-Wayne in the box?" this time there were sort of the same votes, Jennifer 1 and 2 didn't vote and neither did Roy, Stephanie, or Mercedes, which made fourteen votes.
"Jett in the box?" Kendall, James, Logan, and Carlos raised their hands.
"Memory in the box?" no one but Jennifer 1 and 2 raised their hands.
"Roy in the box?" no one raised their hands.
"Kate in the box?" Jennifer 1 and 2 raised their hands.
"James in the box?" only Jett and the Jennifer's raised their hands.
"Kendall in the box?" same three people raised their hands.
"Hayden in the box?" The two Jennifer's raised their hands.
"Carlos in the box?" Jett and the two Jennifer's raised their hands.
"Megan in the box?" only the two Jennifer's raised their hands.
"Karina in the box?" only the two Jennifer's raised their hands.
"Sophia in the box?" Camille looked at me once I mentioned Sophia, she wanted to raise her hand, but she decided against it, making it only two votes again with Jennifer 1 and 2.
"Amanda in the box?" the two Jennifer's raised their hands, and then they spoke up.
"Wait, this isn't fair, we don't get a fighting chance here." I turned to them and smiled at them, "Too bad, get over it." They rolled their eyes.
"Ok, have you all made a consensus?" I nodded, "Yep, Jennifer 1 and 2 again." Richard nodded, "Kimberly, please come in here.
Kimberly came in and all eyes were on her, "The three people that will be up for elimination will be…." Richard opened the box and took out Stephanie's check.
"Stephanie….." Kimberly had a grin on her face, "Jennifer 1" then she grew annoyed, "and last but not least, Jennifer 2" Kimberly just smiled and stood there.
"You girls get ready for the Power Outing, and for the rest enjoy yourselves in the house." How could Richard say that, I hugged Stephanie and she smiled.
"Listen, Jo…fight for us ok…I might not get eliminated, but if I do, then I'll tell you more when the time comes." I nodded and Stephanie walked to Camille to talk to her.
I saw Stephanie walk up to Carlos next; I was not curious what she was talking to Carlos about.
"Ok guys…see you later." She walked to the van and headed out for her Power Outing, my hope was for Kimberly to have a change in strategy.
We waited for Stephanie to come back; it was Mercedes, Camille, and I waiting for her return.
"So, what now?" Mercedes asked, I knew she was worried that Stephanie would not make it out, but I also had a plan.
Then we saw the door open in our room and Stephanie walked in. "How was the Power Outing?" Stephanie gave me a look as if she wanted to cry.
"What happened?" I ran up to her, I didn't want to smother her with questions; I wanted her to tell me what happened.
"I tried…I really did, but it's hard to speak over the Jennifer's…." I embraced in a hug and so did Camille.
"We'll just have to wait till eliminations…" Camille said, I knew that this was going the wrong general direction we had intended.
We saw our door open and in came Kimberly, "Hay….be quiet….Stephanie….can we talk?" we were all shocked.
"What for? You're going to eliminate me are you?" Stephanie sounded so down as if she had given up on herself and this game.
"That's just it, I need to talk to you, and I know that Jo, Camille, and you are in an alliance, I want to switch teams…" Camille let out a huff and turned her back.
"No way, after what you did to Logan, no way…." I knew Camille was not over Logan, but she did have a thing for him.
"Camille, I did that to sabotage the other girls in the house, I knew that you would get mad as well, in fact, I wanted to tell you…but the Jennifer's forbid me to talk to you, but they left to go get tans, so I'm here before elimination to ask if I could help you girls." I was having a hard time believing Kimberly, but we did need a stronger alliance, not to mention Stephanie to stay.
"Sure, you can, but you have to get rid of one of the Jennifer's…" Kimberly just shook her head sideways, "No, I can't…I have to have….you know what…never mind…" she closed the door and left, I wanted to try to convince her, but I knew I would do the opposite.
Here we were, at elimination. My friend was up on that stand along with the two most hated girls in the house.
This picture seamed so wrong, then I saw Richard come on out with Kimberly. "Welcome to another elimination, we have, Jennifer 1, Jennifer 2, and Stephanie…on the elimination stands. One of you is going home, and the other two are safe. Kimberly who do you want for to come and get their check?" Richard turned to Kimberly to wait for her choice.
"Jennifer 1, come get your check…she's my home girl." Jennifer 1 smiled and grabbed her check.
"And you're next check?" Kimberly just stood there waiting until she finally made her choice.
Katie's POV:
"COMMERCIAL'S ARE EVIL!" I just yelled out to the television screen, I turned to hear the adult conversation going on behind me.
"That's my baby, she knows how to play this game…just like her father." Griffin was happy how his daughter had gotten into her alliance with Jo, Camille, and Stephanie.
"I'm just happy that they didn't kick the boys out for beating up on Wayne-Wayne…." Kelly said still indulging the popcorn.
"Did you not see how Wayne-Wayne was hitting Logan? Mom, Wayne-Wayne should be the one to have left not Kendall…" I knew that all of them would have gotten kicked out, but my hopes were on Stephanie, I knew she wouldn't make it while Kimberly was Paymaster.
Oh, did I mention, Mr. Bitter's aloud the whole Palm Woods watch in a huge television screen the show? Well he did.
We turned as soon as we heard a car leave, "Jennifer 3?" we all were shocked to see her back…
"Hay…" she saw that we were all bunched up on the television screen; "You all have been watching the show?" we all just nodded as the show was back on.
Jo's POV:
"Kimberly who's going to have another shot at the million and who is going home tonight?" I saw Kimberly look at Jennifer 2, and then smiled.
"Jennifer 2, please come up…" I knew that this was not going to happen well, and now everyone was going to see Stephanie go home.
"Jennifer 2, you are pretty and smart, but….Stephanie…I don't really know you…and this decision is hard for me…because Richard…I want you to….Void Jennifer 2's check." My jaw dropped, and apparently so did Stephanie's.
"What?" Jennifer 2 said angry, "Sorry, it's about the money….always has been…" that was harsh for her to say.
"Shocking." Richard said while picking up the stamp.
"Jennifer 2, your check is VOID" the loud stamp was heard and Stephanie fell to the ground, "Come get your check girl." Kimberly said happily.
"I told you I would keep my word…hopefully you can trust me…" Stephanie grabbed her check and hugged Kimberly…I was utterly more confused than ever…how did Camille feel? How did the other girls feel?
Richard burned Jennifer 2's picture and Jennifer 2 just left to the docks, not even looking back at anyone.
"Congratulations for making it this far, the twenty of you all go on back inside and get some rest because tomorrow there is another challenge.
I was still discombobulated after what had just happened, how would this affect the "Flower Power Alliance?" I saw Kimberly come up to us, "So…may I be with you girls?"
A/N: Procrastination sucks, I had to do it in this POV due to all of this, I haven't explain a lot yet, but I will next chapter, oh and yes Vote people ok…. And like I said if you get voted off or not, make sure to continue reading, I promise it will make you getting eliminated worth-while…sort off lol. I sort of hated this chapter, but then again I had to get Camille's side on what happened with Logan and Kimberly…Review and tell me what you think and what you all think MIGHT happen next with everyone in the game…I want to see if you all can figure out the next chapter…winner gets invincibility along with the winning votes so like consider it like having double invincibility…
